| Córdoba Wetland Humedal de Córdoba | |
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| Muysccubun: Itzatá | |
Córdoba Wetland
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  Location in Bogotá | |
| Location | Suba, Bogotá Colombia |
| Coordinates | 4°42′13.4″N 74°3′59.7″W / 4.703722°N 74.066583°W / 4.703722; -74.066583 |
| Area | 40.51 ha (100.1 acres) |
| Elevation | 2,548 m (8,360 ft) |
| Designated | September 2003 |
| Named for | Córdoba River |
| Administrator | EAAB - ESP |
| Website | Humedal de Córdoba |
Córdoba (Spanish: Humedal de Córdoba) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of BogotáinBogotá, Colombia. It is situated on the Bogotá savanna in the locality Suba between the Avenida Boyacá and Avenida Córdoba and the streets Calle 127 and Calle 116, close to the TransMilenio stations Av. Suba Calle 116 and namesake station Humedal Córdoba.[1] The wetland covers about 40 hectares (99 acres).[2]
Flora registered in the wetland are among others Alnus acuminata, Ficus soatensis, Senna multiglandulosa, Spirodela intermedia, Bidens laevis, Eichornia crassipes.[3]
Of the wetlands of Bogotá, Córdoba has the highest number of registered bird species with 96 of which 17 endemic.[4][5]
Endemic species unique for this wetland are:[6]
| Name | Species | Image |
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| red-crested cotinga | Ampelion rubrocristatus |  |
| scarlet-bellied mountain tanager | Anisognathus igniventris |  |
| stygian owl | Asio stygius |  |
| black-crested warbler | Basileuterus nigrocristatus |  |
| yellow-rumped cacique | Cacicus cela |  |
| olive-sided flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |  |
| cerulean warbler | Dendroica cerulea |  |
| blackpoll warbler | Dendroica striata |  |
| masked flowerpiercer | Diglossa cyanea |  |
| buff-breasted mountain tanager | Dubusia taeniata |  |
| snowy egret | Egretta thula |  |
| streaked flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus |  |
| tropical screech owl | Otus choliba |  |
| black-backed grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris |  |
| stripe-tailed yellow finch | Sicalis citrina |  |
| palm tanager | Thraupis palmarum |  |
| black-billed thrush | Turdus ignobilis |  |
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